Xander Wander (Long Patrol and Salamandastron Ambassadors Log)
Western Shore
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You seem to be truly in the middle of nowhere. The beach is like that you'd expect to see in a dream. Miles of saffron sand stretch to the north and south. The only sign of life is a very faint and distant wisp of smoke over the southern horizon. There is little sound, only the roar of the ivory crested waves as they crash onto the shoreline just to the west. This place looks almost as if a timeless, long forgotten stretch of beach. Though, even so, there seems to be a well-trodden path to the east...
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Exits: [H]alyard [D]ock, [H]alyard [V]illage, [U]pshore, [D]ownshore
Badgers: Xander, male. Zinnia, female.
Hares: Felicity 'Lissie', female. Feanor, male.
Xander has managed to wander off, he is after all 2.5 seasons old and nearly 3 seasons soon enough. His mission is to look for something in the remains of a very small boat. A boat that could maybe hold 4-5 normal size beasts comfortably. Half the boat is torn apart, as he looks around. A lone sea gull makes him jump and he starts to panic 'till it flies past and grabs a fish from the sea waters...well fish in this badger's opinion is much better to eat.
Felicity has decided to take a walk, and she has gone waaaaaaay farther than she had intended. Oh, boy, did she go farther than she meant to. She has no idea that the badger toddler has wandered away from the Mountain. She has her weapons with her, with the addition of a staff that she is leaning rather heavily on. She watches the gull eat, unaware that she's not alone on the beach.
Xander peeks out from behind the part of the boat at the hare, "Careful of the bird, those are bad birds" Yes he remembers well and what ever he was looking for seems to have been washed away most likely.
Felicity jumps, startled. "Oh!" she peeks at him, smiling. "Oh, I'll be careful, thank you very much for the warnin'." She keeps a wary gaze on the seagulls. "My name's Lissie. Do we know each-other? You seem familiar, but I can't seem to recall where I've met you."
Xander frowns as he looks to the boat and sits down on the sand beside it, "I am Xander..." He is trying to trust others and this hare has one of those uniforms like the ones in the mountain, he does keep an eye on her movements though as he has yet to still totally trust her.
Felicity keeps her distance as she grins. "Oh, yeah, you're the one Miss Zinnia rescued, aren'tcha? Well, what're you doin' out 'ere away from the Mountain, love? Y'could get hurt, wot!" She sits down where she is and lays her staff down on the sand. Pulling off her haversack, she opens it and brings out some bread. Offering it out to the badger, she smiles disarmingly. "I bet yer hungry. I know I am."
Xander backs away a little, he looks at the boat, "Stuff was in boat...gone now." He frowns, "Bad storm made boat a mess....and made mama not wake up any more. I tried and tried and then birds came and...and then Zin...Zinn..." He pouts, well who cares if he can't pronounce her name "New friend come help me get away from birds"
Felicity starts to eat a piece of bread. "Oh, I'm sorry. That must've been scary. Y'know, I don't 'ave a Momma, either. I know how sad you must be." She touches the shell hanging from it's cord around her neck. "I'm glad that you were able to get away from the birds."
Xander nods, "No...dad either, I got no one." He draws in the dirt with a claw, it's of a boat on the sea and him, and two other badgers...he then places an x other the two taller ones and frowns, he then talks again "But maybe will have a mama again...if get...umm dopted"
Felicity nods slowly and puts the half-finished bread back in her haversack. "I don't 'ave a Dad, eithah." she watches him doodle, then asks quietly, "Does somebeast wanna adopt ya? That sounds wonderful. That means they want you. They're choosin' you."
Xander nods, he smiles "The one that saved me...she is nice and I trust her. She even slapped one of the sea gulls away from me that day"
Zinnia is walking along the beach, and seems in a bit of a panic. Around her is a green cloak, slightly thick for any chilly winds "Xander! ...Xander where are you please!"
"I'm glad that you 'ave a beast that you can trust." Lissie looks back as she hears the Abbey Recorder's voice. "Speakin' of which, I think she's comin' 'ere now, wot!" Pulling a green handkerchief out of her haversack, she ties it to the top of her staff then shoves the bottom into the sand so it's sticking up. "She should come over 'ere, 'opefully. If she sees it."
Xander stands and smiles, he does trust the older badger and waves towards her and goes to make a dash towards her when he trips over something in the snow and frowns, he goes to dig around the sand and finds what he tripped over, a small wooden box, like a box to keep small things in.
Zinnia rushes up as soon as she sees him and goes to hug him, "I was worried, why did you wander off? What if something bad happen to you, what if someone captured you..."
Felicity scoots forward to try and help the toddler. "Goodness, are you alright?" She spots the box and goes to lift it out onto the surface of the shore "Does this belong to you, Xander?" She starts trying to find where to open it.
Xander smiles and goes to open the small chest, inside is a necklace is a gold jeweled dagger pin on the end, also a dagger in a special made case, he looks at Zinnia and hugs her "I ok...and if someone tried get me then the other badger would gonk them on head. I saw him one day he like 300 foot tall!" Yep seems Lord Ciocan has grown some :P. "He would be like smash the bad guys!!"
Zinnia blinks "Well I..." She chuckles and hugs Xander close "I don't think he is that tall but yes he is fairly tall"
Feanor lopes up the beach from downshore. He's off-duty and has decided to go for a jaunt up the shores. He's wearing his uniform still and the sand gets blown in his eyes, making him squint and blink it out. He's unarmed at the moment, his saber secured in the armory.
Well, he should see a staff with a green hankie tied to it's top. Lissie is kneeling beside it, her weapons at her waist, haversack at her other side. She looks at the necklace without touching it. "Wow, those are pretty, Xander. Are they yours?"
Xander feels safer with Zinnia and looks over at the necklace and dagger "Dad gave me before he..." He frowns, "Me and mama were only ones able to go on boat, find better home...he got feeling yuckie and mama feel some yuckie but made sure me didn't get that way, then storm come and make boat crash and..." He hides his face in Zinnia's robes and goes quiet.
Zinnia listens and sighs "It's ok Xander, I am here and I very much would like to take care of you, and like said the other day maybe I could be your...mama, But only if you're ok with it"
Feanor spots the staff before he spots the beasts around it, and his eyes narrow as soon as they see Felicity. Oh, and some badgers apparently. He saunters up to the group and sits down on a piece of driftwood, about the size of a felled tree.
Felicity just listens quietly, pointedly ignoring the other hare. Because they don't like each-other. She takes her staff down and starts untying the flag thing while listening to the badgers talk.
Xander nods and just keeps his face hidden in her robes, he peeks out long enough to see the other hare and hides his face again.
Zinnia smiles slightly and nods to Felicity "Thanks for keeping an eye on him, I didn't even know he came out here. I was reshelfing some books in the library, some hares left some out and didn't think to place them back where they belong"
Feanor remains silent, his scarred, impassive face not very comforting to the Dibbun, probably. He watches Felicity with a hint of irritation at being blatantly ignored.
Felicity looks up at the Abbey Recorder and smiles gently. "My pleasure. I actually didn't know 'e was missin' until 'e said somethin' to me out 'ere." She stuffs the hankie into her haversack and pulls out bread. "Want some? I'm starved," she offers as she begins to munch on the one she started earlier.
Xander yawns and goes to reach up to be picked up by Zinnia, after words he will fall asleep. Been a long day for him.
Zinnia blinks and picks the small badger up and smiles, she looks down at the small wooden box that had the dagger and necklace in it and closes it, "And I ate earlier, maybe they will have a meal ready once we get back"
Feanor is hungry but it's a battle against his pride to not go to Felicity for help. He growls quietly to himself, ironically in time with his stomach. Warring hunger and contempt play out on his face.
Haha. Lissie pretends to be ignoring the other hare, but in actuality part of her smile is evil joy that he's feeling like that, although it's impossible to tell because she's also smiling ta the badgers. "Yeah, prob'ly. Um..." she stands and stares down at the box, then at the staff in her paw. "I'm afraid I can't carry the box for you. I still need to lean on my staff...." She bites her lip, looking sad that she can't help more.
Zinnia frowns, she can try and bend down to get it and try not to drop Xander at the same time, she almost does and frowns. She snorts "Well....ok we can figure this out" She adjusts Xander better in her arms, she doesn't want to wake him up and she wants to keep him safe in her arms till get back to the Mountain.
Feanor growls again. He won't give in so easily! He decides to sate his hunger...or at least distract himself from it...with a swig from his canteen and a jaunt around the dunes. He heads off to do so.
Well, that didn't work. Lissie bites her lip, then goes to hand the badger the staff. "'Ear. You lean on this, and I can carry the box as long as we go /veery/ slowly." She smiles and lifts the box. "I think I can do this, wot!"
Zinnia nods as she takes the staff, "We can go slow, looks to be clear of any trouble today...well a couple seagulls but they are staying away from us and that's good"
Felicity nods and starts carefully off towards the mountain. "And if any come close, I've got my sword and sling with me, so we'll be fine." She looks down at the closed box in her arms. "That poor dear...I wish I knew 'ow to 'elp him, being an orphan too. You're doin' a much bettah job than I am..." she adds wistfully.
Yeah, so, that happened. I typed that up, THEN, after I hit enter, I noticed that Zinnia had had to leave (I'm 99% sure she had to leave because Real Life is evil :P) So, yeah. Sorry ;) And thanks for reading my 4th log of 2016! :D Hope to RP with all y'all super soon :D
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